Appointed first Dy. VC

Appointment of First Deputy Vice-Chancellor of University of Colombo Prof. Premakumara de Silva has been appointed as the first Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Colombo by the Council with effect from January 31.

Prof De Silva received his BA (Hones) and MA in Sociology from the University of Colombo and Msc and Ph.D in Social Anthropology from the University of Edinburgh, UK.

Since 2008 he has been serving as the Senior Student Counsellor of the University of Colombo. He was the incumbent Head of Sociology Department, and Former President of Sociological Association of Sri Lanka.